A democracy is tested not by how it treats those who agree with the government, but by how it responds to those who challenge it. The events of October 10 at Jantar Mantar, where citizens gathered to protest against the Chief Election Commissioner, exposed a disturbing contradiction in Indian democracy.
The Constitution of India guarantees the right to peaceful assembly, yet citizens trying to exercise that right faced barricades, mass detentions, and restrictions on their movements. Thousands were detained across Delhi and beyond, many before reaching the planned protest site.
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